ArchDaily spotlights Kontum House
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Central Highland district of Kon Tum is well known for its tropical climate with a dry and wet season, said Huynh Anh Tuan from the architectural firm Khuon Studio in a recent post on ArchDaily.
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In designing the Kontum House, our client, a young couple, needs an accommodation to fit the climate while at the same time is on a real tight budget. |
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We designed a one-storey house that stretches along a five-metre width and 23-metre depth, with light wells and plants. |
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These natural figures are distributed to every function area, such as planting bed under light apertures for living room, bedroom with window opens to small courtyard also with plant beds. |
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From almost every interior view, natural light and green lush are to be seen. |
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The front elevation suffers from harsh sunlight as it faces the west, so the façade is composed of a rigid veil of patterned concrete blocks in front and glass curtain wall behind. |
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Double skin façade reduces the heat of western sunlight, also decorates the interior with lighting dots as it passes through the patterned concrete blocks. The glass curtain wall behind can be easily opened or closed to adjust the amount of inhale wind. |
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White is the main ambient colour of the house, mean to distinguish other natural colours of local materials, such as grey of concrete floor, handcrafted moulded patterned blocks, natural wood colours of furniture, lush green of plants under light well. |
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All these simple characters mingle together for a content living space of a young family. |
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